Tracking Economic Consequences and Responses to COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Access to information on key economic indicators is essential to help policy-makers in Bangladesh respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The dashboard provides data on current economic conditions and trends from administrative and phone based survey in Bangladesh.
% hh Skipping Meals
Changes in food insecurity compared to the previous year, Northern Bangladesh (NLS)
Reported food insecurity in April (?) across multiple samples
%hh able to buy essential food items (compare to previous week)
Amount of rice, lentil, onion and potato bought last time
Share HH facing market closure
Reported market closures in April (?) across multiple samples
Change in commodity prices over time
Daily district level market price of aman (coarse) rice
Daily district level market price of local masur
Daily district level market price of onions
Daily district level market price of potatoes
Difference in monthly income (show breakdown by source)
Changes in monthly income before and after COVID-19 lockdown
Food security
Food insecurity between migrant and non-migrant sending households, Northern Bangladesh (NLS)
Food insecurity between migrant and non-migrant sending households, Cox’s Bazar (CBPS)
Change in income
Food insecurity between migration lottery winners and losers (G2G)
% migrate (by district)
% return (by district) – jan-march
YoY Change in Remittance (by district)
District level changes in remittances, Bangladesh Bank
%people wearing mask
%people attend prayers at
%people attend social gatherings
% selling assets to deal with Covid
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% people and/or household members experienced any of the symptoms in the past 2 weeks ### Maps
Social Transfers
Trends
Number HHs receiving support
Value of the support provided
%hh receiving support from NGO/Govt for Covid-19
Reported receipts of Government or NGO aid in April (?) across multiple samples
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Definition of Measures